Sentences with phrase «best mystery writer»

«Leon is probably the best mystery writer you've never heard of....

Leon is probably the best mystery writer you've never heard of — unless you've picked up her best - selling books at foreign airports or bought copies of the British editions on the internet.

From the mind of the man GQ has called «the best mystery writer in the world,» The Closers is a masterpiece of thriller writing that is as sharp and immediate as the greatest fiction.

Take advantage of the resources around you to become the best mystery writer you can be!

You're one of the best mystery writers out there.

Not exact matches

Catholic priest and writer Henri Nouwen names this new opportunity well: «I am also getting in touch with the mystery that leadership, for a large part, means to be led.»

Updike presents the reader of his novels and stories with the pseudo — wise men of today's society — with Jimmy, the big Mouseketeer who quotes Socrates; with the neon owl that advertises pretzels; with Ken Whitman, the scientist living in Tarbox who is considered intelligent in his field but who lacks a basic understanding of life; with Bech the writer, honored in direct proportion to the decline of his literary production; with Connor, the efficient, well - trained administrator of the old people's home who fails to comprehend as much of life's mystery as his simple and sometimes senile wards do.

And its proper use is a sign that the writer truly UNDERSTANDS what makes a good murder mystery movie.

Movies, best seen in a big dark room full of strangers, are uniquely suited for creating and sustaining a sense of captivating mystery, and few films have done it better this year than Midnight Special, the latest from writer - director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud).

The filmmaker, best known for his supernatural mysteries, has teamed with «Family Guy» writer Alex Carter for «Eleven Little Indians.»

Nicole Holofcener, well - known for putting women front and center in numerous astute indies like Lovely & Amazing and Enough Said, adapted the screenplay from the novel by award - winning mystery writer Laura Lippman.

Well, he has delivered us a gem with «Broken Embraces,» which is a mystery set in the world of filmmaking — sort of — with a blind writer / director, Mateo (Lluís Homar), leading a double life, brought face to face with his past and Lena (Cruz), a woman he and his producer fell in love with on a past production.

Good Neighbors: Levine's Indie Murder Mystery a Passing Homage to Classic Comedy Actor / writer / director Lawrence Michael Levine...

The film establishes a mystery to be solved — namely, the disappearance of his best friend — then spends the rest of its running time creating a unique, rambling series of interactions between naked hippie neighbors, a cantankerous writer (Sterling Hayden), his beautiful wife (Nina van Pallandt), a persistent psychiatrist (Henry Gibson) and a hungry cat.

Then, after you helped me get a well - known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self - published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher.»

Jan is the co-editor of Murder Past, Murder Present, a mystery anthology by award - winning, best - selling mystery author members of the American Crime Writers League.

In a July 2009 review for BookPage, Schneider wrote of When You Reach Me: «What could be better: a great setting, believable characters and a mystery deftly woven by a fine writer.

In 2010, the readers of Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News awarded him the Barry Award, for Best Mystery Short Story of the Year, for his story «The High House Writer,» which was published in the July / August 2009 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

Heartstone, his first novel, was nominated for an Edgar for best original paperback mystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of Amystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of AMystery Writers of America.

There's a wide range of genres in this year's best first novels, from fantasy and mystery to social realism, and many new writers open up the old formulas and break boundaries in form and subject.

(Many of the very best conferences are niche conferences, serving romance writers, mystery writers, SF&F writers, etc.) This year's ACFW conference had almost exactly 500 attendees, including faculty.

R. Barri Flowers is the editor of Murder Past, Murder Present, a mystery anthology by award - winning, best - selling mystery author members of the American Crime Writers League.

Jan is the co-editor of Murder Past, Murder Present, a mystery collection titled, by award - winning, best - selling mystery author members of the American Crime Writers League.

* Like other entertainers, mystery writers seem to fall into three categories: — SuperStars: The best - seller list regulars, who usually fight to get out of the genre ASAP.

Her first foray into storytelling was the short story «Night Rose,» chosen by international best - selling author Jeffery Deaver for inclusion in the Mystery Writers of America anthology A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime.

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In Seattle, he wrote copy for ad agencies, a well - paid freelancer supported by creative directors who liked his (dreadful) first novel, Your Day in the Barrel, published by Atheneum - a book by a writer who wrote well but had nothing to write about, so he wrote a murder mystery.

She, like her character Meg, turned into a workaday writer, producing three mystery novels: Dead Clever, In Your Face, and Seaside (all three links go to the full text at Google), featuring the sassy sleuth, Lily Pascale, an English professor who just happens to specialize in horror and crime fiction as well as creative writing.

By Ruth Reichl Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812982022 In her delightful first novel, the former editor of Gourmet and author of the best - selling memoirs Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples combines a young food writer's coming - of - age story with an alluring World War II mystery.

He won the prestigious Surrey International Writer's Conference Storyteller's Award twice in a row and has had his work published in The Best American Mystery Stories edited by Joyce Carol Oates.

Three of Leonard's books have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America: The Switch, nominated for Best Original Paperback Novel of 1978; Split Images, for Best Novel of 1981; and LaBrava, which won for Best Novel in 1983.

- Ted Kooser, U. S. Poet Laureate 2004 - 2006 «Though The Quickening is her first novel, Michelle Hoover does what all the best writers steeped in a particular place do — use that place as a conduit to the universal and timeless mysteries of the heart.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareThe other day, I received this email: Dear Writer Beware, A couple of years ago, I published my mystery novel with [insert name of well - known deadbeat publisher here].

We welcome new writers, aspiring authors, and anyone who simply loves a good mystery.

Best in Shelter, a nonprofit organization created by mystery writer Martha Grimes is pleased to announce its 2015 virtual show.

-- Joel Goldman is a best - selling thriller / mystery writer who has earned more than $ 20,000 from the KDP Select fund to date.

Clark, herself a mystery writer, launched a site that has been a Writer's Digest Best Site for Writers for thirteen writer, launched a site that has been a Writer's Digest Best Site for Writers for thirteen Writer's Digest Best Site for Writers for thirteen years.

A contributor to the Romance section of Gale's What Do I Read Next, co-author of Voice of Youth Advocate's annual «Clueless: Adult Mysteries with Young Adult Appeal» column, a reviewer for Library Journal, and co-author of The Mystery Readers» Advisory: The Librarian's Clues to Murder and Mayhem (2001), Charles was named 2002 Librarian of the Year by the Romance Writers of America and names good chocolate and good books as two of the world's great pleasures.

The 2018 Edgar Awards have been announced by Mystery Writers of America, celebrating the best mystery fiction, nonfiction and television oMystery Writers of America, celebrating the best mystery fiction, nonfiction and television omystery fiction, nonfiction and television of 2017.

The 2017 Edgar Awards, honoring the best mysteries and thrillers and presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, have been announced!

Back in 1997, in the first «Hard - Boiled Gazetteer,» I wrote, «Today we've come to expect mysteries, cozy as well as hard - boiled, to place a high priority on vivid settings, but many crime writers use a sense of place mainly to create ambience, with landmarks strewn about in the manner of an interior decorator selecting wallpaper.

Currently Looking For: Fiction that hits the sweet spot between commercial and literary with interesting settings and a strong narrative voice; mystery (particularly cozies and crossover literary — think Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger), literary thriller, and psychological suspense; and memoir by writers who connect the events of their lives to readers through incredible storytelling, as well as a wide variety of prescriptive and narrative nonfiction and gift books.

Among their many pleasures, mystery writer Donna Leon's beloved best - selling novels featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti have long been celebrated for their enchanting portrayal of contemporary Venice.

- John Lutz, New York Times best - selling author of Pulse and past President of Mystery Writers of America

a genre I graduated from years ago.I credit her with being one of the better writers in this category and Mrs. Hockaday proves that her skills as a story teller have not diminished.Having said that I also feel that the discriminatory practices of the mid to late 19th century in America dictate the motivations of each character in a relatively predictable way... so while the entertainment value is indisputable the «mystery» is no more than the reality of life at the time... nothing memorable or instructive here for me... simply a reminder that the mores of the past rarely survive the scrutiny of the present without some readjustment.

The Paul Mcdonald Mystery Series by J. Paul Drew: Wise - cracking ex-journalist Paul Mcdonald's main confidant is a cat named Spot; his best friend's a burglar who's trying to quit; his relationship status is commitment - phobic... what makes this writer think adding «P.I.» to his resume is a good idea?

Michael Connelly, the best - selling mystery writer best known for «The Lincoln Lawyer,» said he worried that book buyers would not be able to discover new authors very easily if mass - market paperbacks continued to be phased out.

For a mystery / suspense writer, it doesn't get any better!

Check out our resource library here at The Kill Zone (down the right sidebar), as well as blogs like Writer Unboxed, Janice Hardy's Fiction University (formerly The Other Side of the Story), K. M. Weiland's Helping Writers Become Authors, Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi's Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse), Elizabeth Craig's Mystery Writing is Murder, Joanna Penn's The Creative Penn, John Yeoman's The Wicked Writing Blog, and more.

On January 19, the Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced iMystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced imystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017.